# CVE-2026-13600: AutoNetTV Relay < 3.0.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Scheduled Sync Cron

> Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrator access by triggering a scheduled sync task that improperly sets admin cookies in specific server configurations.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qvph-jjx5-pw4h

## What is CVE-2026-13600?

CVE-2026-13600 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown AutoNetTV Relay, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AutoNetTV Relay WordPress plugin before 3.0.14 does not perform any capability or authentication check before setting a WordPress administrator authentication cookie during its scheduled content-synchronization task. On server configurations where the scheduled task executes before the HTTP response is committed, an unauthenticated attacker who triggers the due task can receive the administrator's session cookie and gain administrator access without credentials.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13600?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-13600?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13600 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-13600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-13600 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-13600 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown AutoNetTV Relay, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown AutoNetTV Relay. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13600/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13600/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13600
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13600
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-13600

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13600/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.